Tuesday, May 13, 2008

how to knit arm warmers

In this brief article we aim to just give a basic understanding of knitting needles, their sizing and what you need to look out for. Anyone who has anything to do with knitting will know the importance of knitting yarns.

If the fibers are first aligned by combing them, the yarn is smoother and called a worsted; by contrast, if the fibers are carded but not combed, the yarn is fuzzier and called woolen-spun. Lace knitting is the relatively a new, hardly two hundred years old. As we know by lace knitting we can interlace Shawls.

Skeins and balls are generally sold with a yarn-band, a label that describes the yarn's weight, length, dye lot, fiber content, washing instructions, suggested needle size, likely gauge, etc. Now wind your yarn over cross of two needles, over the right hand needle. This is used to great effect in lace knitting, which consists of making patterns and pictures using such holes, rather than with the stitches themselves.

Cable needles are a special case of dpns, although they usually are not straight, but dimpled in the middle. Some yarns are dyed to be either variegated (changing color every few stitches in a random fashion) or self-striping (changing every few rows).

Not only will this provide a nice social outlet, but your new knitting friends may also be able to help you locate and use new knitting patterns and new ideas for knitting projects. So, if you want to slow down, and find meaning in your life again, try knitting.

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